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Sorry I shall try to be more friendly in future! On the plus side I've learnt a lot about professional cycling from this thread (admittedly starting from a very low base), all part of my conversion to a cycling geek. I bought my first cycling cap this morning and everything. Yes it was a big...

I'm forever checking the thread when there's new posts and not posting! My Mio Cyclo GPS arrived earlier (Post #11021). Last week I had an email from Sport Pursuit saying that Mio has miscalculated, and didn't have the 305 (old generation) that I'd ordered available, and instead they'd give me...

I have had an absolute 'mare today... lost 250 on the draw in the Germany game, 2500 on Nigeria and went all in with my remaining 700-odd on Ghana who are currently losing!

His point, as you allude to, is that there's no such thing as road tax. You pay a licensing fee for your vehicle (Vehicle Excise Duty), and the money goes to the Exchequer. The Exchequer also pays (through the Highways Agency) for the upkeep of our roads. The Treasury doesn't allocate specific...

I am in the process of remortgaging, and have been surprised by just how many fees there are to pay. All-in we're looking at just over £2,500 in product fees, conveyancing fees and disbursements. However we've done all the sums and the deal (and the certainty of moving from variable to fixed...

Voted cabbies, but not 100% behind them. TfL have clearly sold them down the river on this issue - apparently using mobile phones in the way that Uber do doesn't make them 'fixed meters' (which is what only black cabs are allowed) because they aren't fixed, which is a pretty spurious way of...

I don't think Woakes has it in him to be a Test cricketer - he doesn't bowl fast enough and his batting is not good enough for anything above 7 (I know he played at 6 in the last Ashes Test last summer). A couple of years ago Andrew Miller described him as 'this generation's Ramprakash, too good...

Bloody Costa Rica. Only Honduras with longer odds, and my suggestion of a booby prize (for fewest points & most goals conceded tie breaker) went down like a lead balloon.

I have had my Defy 1 for about 12 months, and done about 1400 miles on it. It was (is) my first road bike and I absolutely love it. No plans to upgrade as of yet! Edna, which model are you getting?

FFS, what is it with this thread and making massive inaccurate sweeping statements? For what it's worth, of the current 20 Premier League managers, 9 were defenders during their playing days. Dyche, Pulis, Bruce, Pearson, Rodgers, Pellegrini, Monk, Pochettino and Allardyce. Not sure how that...

Agree with this. Bell and Cook are a crazy opening partnership, and the batting order is ridiculous - 1-4 are pedestrian, our only decent batsman (capable of playing to conditions) plays at 5 and then 6-8 are glorified sloggers. It's either one or the other and never the twain shall meet. I'd...

That's the logical extension of your argument, no? Most managers that have won promotion from the Championship were British, therefore we should appoint a Brit. Once we get there, the next aim (in theory) will be winning the Premier League, and most managers that have done that were Scottish or...

Brilliant. Completely disregard all of the common sense arguments that people offer and just stick to your guns, that's a good lad. Using your logic as soon as Paul Ince gets us promoted to the Premier League we will have to sack him and bring in either a Scot or a Frenchman, as they've won the...

This is bought up from time to time, and it's a completely false comparison, because there are far FAR more British managers in the Championship than foreigners. Most managers that get promotion from the Championship are British because the majority of managers at this level are British. You...

I would've liked to have seen Hales in the squad instead of Carberry. I know that Carberry hasn't been picked today but I don't really see the point of calling up a 33-year old opener - not exactly planning for the future - whereas Hales should be around for a while. He could be bought in to...

I agree, and I'm not an apologist for the current regulations - but I suppose their aim depends upon your level of cynicism around the whole thing. The current regulations are either (if you're not cynical) aimed at discouraging clubs from 'living outside of their means', which might include...

That depends what the aim is. It seems to me that the aim of FFP as it currently stands is to encourage good financial management (i.e. solvency), and discourage dependency upon either loans or gifts from chairmen. It's clearly NOT aimed at encouraging a level playing field. However the kind of...

What you're talking about there though is a slight weird version of an absolute, rather than relative, limit. The problem is that allows us to compete on an even keel with the likes of Norwich, but not for say Rotherham (if they come up) to compete with either. If you want to go down the...

Sorry, you don't think that a car turning across a cyclists path (whether left or right) is attributable to the motorist? Or a cyclist being hit by an overtaking vehicle is the mistake of the motorist? Really? Note that 'cyclist overtaking into path of right turning vehicle' is on the chart, on...

Thanks Stat Brother. At the moment I definitely can't justify a Garmin 810 (the sat nav version) in terms of expense, which is why I looked in to alternatives (that, and they were the first thing to pop up when I went on to Sport Pursuit!). I understand what you are saying about routes, and...